Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea
Nigeria is 100% larger than Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea would fit into Nigeria about 2.0 times.
NigeriaPapua New GuineaNigeria moved onto Papua New Guinea · Equal-area projection
2.0×
Nigeria is 2.0× the area of Papua New Guinea.
| Nigeria | Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 923,768 km² | 462,840 km² |
| Population | 237,527,782 | 10,762,817 |
| Density | 257 / km² | 23 / km² |
| Capital | Abuja | Port Moresby |
| Region | Western Africa | Melanesia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 1 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Nigeria sits at about 10°N and is stretched to 1.03× its true area; Papua New Guinea at 6° S is stretched to 1.01×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Nigeria bigger than Papua New Guinea?
- Yes. Nigeria is 100% larger than Papua New Guinea. Nigeria covers 923,768 km² and Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km².
- How many times does Papua New Guinea fit into Nigeria?
- About 2.0 times: Nigeria has 2.0× the area of Papua New Guinea.
- Why do Nigeria and Papua New Guinea look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Nigeria is drawn about 1.03× its true area there and Papua New Guinea about 1.01×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?
- Nigeria: 237,527,782 people against 10,762,817. Density: Nigeria 257 per km², Papua New Guinea 23 per km².